The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-11-04
PRESIDENT COLLIER AND CLUB HOUSE.


names, musical and descriptive, bear witness
Etonah, "High Tower;n Chattanooga,
and Oostenaula Across the state from
northeast to southwest runs the Chatta-
hoochie. parallel with it, at an average dis
tanco of thirty miles, runs the last line of
mountains; from the average summit level of
the mountains to the river is fall of 2,200
feet, and, as the hundreds of infowing streams
must make that descent in thirty miles, water
power is in lavish abundance. On the first
hills are immense forests of tolerably valuable
timber; on the next, to the northwest, hard
woods and the grasses usually found further
north abound, while still further up, all the
! way to Tennessee, indeed, are coal, iron,
marble, roofing slate, building stone and other
mineral treasures, each in its place, often the
| Oldest and newest rock lying side by side as
tho great mountain axes have been heaved,
| bent over to the eastward and then broken
across, forming immense anticlinal valNys
| Following the line Of these mountain ranges
southwestward into Alabama, we find these
anticlinal riffs still more abrupt and, con-
sequently, more valuable, as a narrow valley
often has on one side the best of iron ore, and
OH the other various strata Of coal The
Cumberland or East Tennessee plateau is
rather more regular in its formation; but for
$50 miles from northeast to northwest it is
one vast storehouse of coal and iron ore. And
| from all these regions, as we'll as from Vir-
| ginia and North Carolina, the promoters of
the Piedmont exposition have drawn i'm
| mense and varied stores Of minerals to ex-
hibit.
The fair opened on the 10th, continuing
several weeks. The inclosure consists Of sew
enty-hve acres of the Piedmont park, which
contains 200 acres. The main hall, though
an immense structure, proved too small for
the exhibit, and other buildings had to be
erected. Forty thousand people were present
the first day, and when all the machinery
was set, ready for thu electric touch, Gov.
ernor Gordon introduced Hon. Samuel J.
Randall, who delivered a speech well worthy
Of the occasion. His comparison between the
old and new south was bold and eloquent
and was received with enthusiastic cheers
As he finished he touched the electric button
to beat and all the machinery Of the exposi
tion started. The visitors are numbered by
hundreds Of thousands. The display of fire
works is said to have equaled, if Il
did not exceed, any ever shown il
New York For all this success muct
credit must be given to Hon. Charles A. Col
lie', president, and Maj. William H. Smyth
secretary Of the exposition Company. whose
association in such ali enterprise .s happy
illustration of the complete reunion of nor:t
and south. Mr.. Collier is one of the bes
representatives Of the young south; native
Of Atlanta and member of the board O
aldermen, he is a very prominent citize1
despite his youth. Maj Smyth is 8 son o
Professor William Smyth, long eminent a
head of the department of mathematics a
Bowdoic college. He first visited Atlanta u
one Of Shernlan's conquering host; after tn
war he located and married there, was for
while United States marshal, but for man,
years has devoted himself to agricultural ant
engineering machinery. Capt. Robert J
Lowry, the treasurer, is by birth q Ten
uessean, now president of the Atlanta chan,
ber OF commerce.